Let the Right One In by Jack Thorne

Author:Jack Thorne
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Nick Hern Books

ACT TWO

Scene One

Hospital reception. ELI walks in. Her hair is wet, she looks around disconcertingly. NILS is the hospital receptionist.

ELI. Excuse me…

NILS. Can I help you?

ELI. I’m looking for my father…

NILS. I see, has he been admitted here?

ELI. Yes. I think so. Although I don’t know for sure?

NILS. Should you be all alone here? At this hour?

ELI. I just wanted to know if he is here.

NILS. Then let’s see if I can help. What’s his name?

ELI. I don’t know.

NILS frowns.

NILS. You don’t know?

ELI. No.

NILS. But he is your father – you must know his name…

ELI. He uses different names. The police took him.

NILS. The police?

ELI. They’re keeping him here. Because he’s sick.

NILS scratches his face.

NILS. Well, what kind of illness does he have?

ELI. I don’t know.

NILS. Maybe you should talk to the police. Shall I fetch someone down…?

ELI. I just wanted to know which window was his, so I could… know.

NILS is now thoroughly confused.

NILS. He’ll be on the top floor. I’m sure we can arrange a way – I’ll fetch someone down.

ELI. No. Don’t. No, I know enough now…

ELI walks away. NILS notices she’s not wearing any shoes.

NILS. But you’re not wearing any shoes.

ELI speeds up.

And it’s snowing.

He exits after ELI. He looks out into the cold snowing night. He can’t see ELI anywhere.

Scene Two

HALMBERG sits beside HAKAN’s bed. HAKAN is horribly disfigured.

HALMBERG. I understand that you won’t speak. But perhaps you can nod if you hear what I’m saying? Can you nod?

Behind HALMBERG we see ELI begin to climb the wall.

No? No. You had a paper with some Morse code on it. What meaning does that have? Were you using it? Will you use it now to talk to me? One tap for yes, two taps for no.

Are you involved in some kind of cult?

ELI climbs up and over everything.

We would like to know who you are, you see…

HAKAN says nothing.

We’ll find that out, sooner or later. You could save us some legwork by communicating with us now.

HALMBERG leans in and whispers. ELI climbs up and up, she’s relentless. And brilliant.

We will find out everything about you. We will ruin you. No one does that to people. No one does.

ELI reaches HAKAN’s window and sits in the window pane. HAKAN notices her and smiles. ELI doesn’t smile.

HALMBERG notices HAKAN’s smile but not where it is headed.

Fuck you. You know that? Fuck you.

He walks out of the room.

And ELI looks at HAKAN. He looks back… He indicates ‘come in’.

She climbs in through the window.

ELI. Hello.

Pause. ELI walks over to him. She touches his face. He winces in pain – but doesn’t try to stop her – touches her hands.

Were you after him? Were you there after him? Were you going to feed me his blood?

HAKAN says nothing. ELI breaks into a sort of tears.

You were, weren’t you? Why would you do that?

HAKAN looks at her. When he speaks it is with a husk that sounds inhuman.

HAKAN. You… are… so… beautiful.

ELI cries deeply now, she curls up beside HAKAN on the bed, she curls into him.

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